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 setting rule
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 Set·ting n.
 1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
 3. Something set in, or inserted.
    Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.   --Ex. xxviii. 17.
 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
 Setting coat Arch., the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings.
 Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2.
 Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water.
 Setting rule. Print. A composing rule.
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 Com·pos·ing, a.
 1. Tending to compose or soothe.
 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
 Composing frame Print., a stand for holding cases of type when in use.
 Composing rule Print., a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule.
 Composing stick Print., an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
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